This post is syndicated by the Las Vegas Advisor for the 888 casino group. Anthony Curtis comments on the 888 article introduced and linked to on this page.
A.C. Says:
Where there’s a will there’s a way and that seems to apply doubly in gambling, where casinos find ingenious ways to circumvent laws that disallow certain games. One of the best examples is card craps, where the traditional game of craps is played without the demon dice. This article explains the basics. For the most part, card craps mirrors dice craps, but there are some differences in the house edge, due to the effect of removing cards from the decks being dealt (the procedures vary). Basic strategy is to bet the don’t pass and lay the odds, which often outperforms the same strategy in traditional craps, and depending on certain variables, can even yield a small edge for the player (this effect can be enhanced with the proper card-counting system). Note that there’s a typo in the last sentence under “Don’t come”: It should read, “The payoff on all winners is even money.”
This article was written by John Grochowski in association with 888Casino.
NO DICE AVAILABLE AT THE TABLE? GIVE CARD CRAPS A SHOT
Giving players the games they want is part of the business for casino operators, and plenty of players have made clear they want craps. Through the 1940s and ’50s it was the most popular casino table game in the United States before it was overtaken by blackjack in the 1960s.
But some jurisdictions don’t permit dice games, with California being the leading example. What’s an operator to do?